Electrical connectors – Contact comprising cutter – Insulation cutter
Patent
1992-08-26
1993-08-31
McGlynn, Joseph H.
Electrical connectors
Contact comprising cutter
Insulation cutter
H01R 1300
Patent
active
052404323
ABSTRACT:
There are disclosed improvements for an electrical connector comprising a terminal for an insulative housing, electroconductive means disposed at least partly in such housing and having a portion connectable to a wire, a cap initially seatable in an up position on said housing, and adapted to be forcibly pushed down from said up position to a down position on said housing, and means permitting insertion of said lead into the space enclosed by such housing and cap and for effecting connection in said space of said inserted lead with said electroconductive means. The improvements are providing (1) in the same connector multiple terminals of the sort just described, (2) an arrangement which latches the cap from being detached from the housing in response to application to the terminal solely of lifting force on the cap, but which permits selective releasing of the cap in response to a force exerted by hand in the direction other than that of such lifting force, (3) strain relief for isolating the mentioned connection from pulling force on the lead.
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AT&T Bell Laboratories
Kip, Jr. Ruloff F.
McGlynn Joseph H.
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